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Classic Literature.
Fiction.
Literature.
Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.… (mer)
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The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard. ~ Katha-Upanishad
Dedikation
Inledande ord
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I have never begun a novel with more misgiving. If I call it a novel it is only because I don't know what else to call it.
Citat
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
Avslutande ord
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And however superciliously the highbrows carp, we the public in our heart of hearts all like a success story; so perhaps my ending is not so unsatisfactory after all.
Classic Literature.
Fiction.
Literature.
Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.